The Negev is a large desert region in southern Israel, whose main city is Be’er Sheva. They unearthed 2,500-year-old tombs ...
"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Judea apart from the trial of Jesus." In the 1950s, an ancient papyrus scroll found in a cave in the Judean Desert was filed away in a storage room ...
A small item turned out to be a big discovery. When Erez Avrahamov was taking a hike in Israel, he came across an item that ended up being an ancient scarab.
Professionals warn that bill extending Israeli law over West Bank may strengthen claims of de facto annexation, would not ...
Located near Tlalim Junction, the excavation site has revealed dozens of tombs containing a rich variety of artifacts.
The woman had six fingers on her left hand, a characteristic that in ancient cultures was often interpreted as a sign of ...
“Forgery and tax fraud carried severe penalties under Roman law, including hard labor or even capital punishment,” Dolganov ...
The finds on display include a Hasmonean coin hoard, archaeological evidence of the biblical king Ahab, and a Western Wall ...
Hannah Cotton Paltiel, emerita of the Hebrew University. "I volunteered to organize documentary papyri in the Israel Antiquities Authority's scrolls laboratory, and when I saw it, marked ...
The papyrus details the prosecution of two main defendants: Gadalias, a notary’s son and something of an ancient Roman “bad ...
An archaeological discovery near Jerusalem has shaken the foundations of historical knowledge about asceticism in the Byzantine era. A team of scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the ...
The Eternity of Israel exhibition aims to convey the enduring vitality of the Jewish people and their deep connection to this land.” ...